Agenda

To appoint a Chairman of this meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee C.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting which took place on 21 January 2016

The purpose of this report is to enable the Sub-Committee to consider an application for a variation to the Premises Licence of The Fox, 21 Frensham Road, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3PH from Westgate Brewery, the current Premises Licence Holder.  The application has received 24 representations from ‘other persons’ and 1 from Environmental Health as a responsible authority.

Recommendation

The Sub-Committee is requested to consider the application for the variation of the premises licence on its merits.

Section 35(3) Licensing Act 2003 provides that the Sub-Committee, having regard to the relevant representations made, must take such of the following steps (if any) as it considers appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives:

·        To modify the conditions of the premises licence, whether by alteration or omission of conditions or the addition of new conditions. Any  conditions must be appropriate for the promotion of the licensing objectives, proportionate and should address the matters raised in the representations

·        To reject the application in whole or part.

To consider the following recommendation of the motion of the Chairman:-

Recommendation

That pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the items, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by Section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in paragraph 3 or the appropriate paragraph(s) of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act as follows:-

            Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) (paragraph 3)

To consider any legal advice relating to any items in the agenda.